Germany coach Joachim Löw has reiterated his desire to speak to Chelsea's Michael Ballack, but insists he will not be flying to London to meet him.

Löw summoned the Germany captain for a one-to-one talk after being criticised by the Blues midfielder in a newspaper interview last week.

Ballack's club blocked him from flying to Germany as a precautionary measure
after the former Bayern Munich man underwent foot surgery recently, but Löw
feels it was the player's duty and not that of his club to rule out a meeting.

"I told him quite clearly that I would have expected him to tell me that
personally," Löw told Monday's Bild newspaper.

Instead, he learned that Ballack would not be coming to see him when a fax
arrived at the German Football Association headquarters last Friday.

Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari had earlier invited Löw to London to speak
with his player, but Löw would not consider that.

"Even if other people see things differently, I would never have flown to
London," added Löw.

"That has always been my stance from the beginning and I am sticking by it."

Löw will now wait for Ballack to be given the all-clear to fly to Germany
before holding talks that should decide the 32-year-old's international career.